LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND—Sir Osbert SitwelI—Little, Brown ($3). All scions, says Sir Osbert Sitwell, have a tail. A scion’s tail, Sir Osbert explains, is the life of his ancestors, who spread out behind ...

Victoria Glendinning wrote a life of the famous sister of Sir Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell that is still worth reading. Then again, in her own time, Sitwell had several redoubtable admirers: W. B.

LAUGHTER IN THE NEXT ROOM (400 pp.) —Sir Osbert Sitwell—Little, Brown ($4). Life With Father is not merely the title of a play; it is fast becoming the right name for a whole period—the days when ...

Within two years Osbert Sitwell stood for Parliament as a Liberal candidate, produced a long book of poems, edited a quarterly devoted to modern art and literature, interviewed D’Annunzio, wrote ...

Talk story about Caedmon Publishers consisting of two young ladies: Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen. Their organization has been devoting itself since its formation a year ago, to making recordings ...